Question for TLUGgers: How can Canada take a leading role in FOSS?

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

| From: Christopher Browne <cbbrowne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>

| Canada falls out of a history involving all of the important things in
| the economy (entertainingly, beer would be near the top of the list
| ;-)) being produced by enterprises belonging to a small number of
| affluent families.
| <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Compact>
| 
| Historical aside: It is interesting to observe that there are only a
| couple of names named as afiliated with the Family Compact, typically
| Bishop Strachan and John Simcoe.  Doubtless the likes of the Molsons
| and Labatts were amongst them.

Actually, no.  The Family Compact was mostly folks in York (now known
as Toronto).  It was an Upper Canada institution.  Molson was from
Montreal.  Labatt was from London, Ontario, and didn't found his
brewery until after the era of the Family Compact.

Not Simcoe.  He left town in 1796.  Wikipedia says that the FC (Fedora
Core?) didn't start until after the War of 1812.

If you want to know the names of Family Compact members, wander around 
down town, south of the U of T, looking at street signs.  I'm would guess 
Henry, McCaul, Beverly, Baldwin, Sullivan, and so on were members (but not 
Dundas, Yonge, Queen, St. George).

None of this really changes your argument.
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